Alien species are a significant threat to natural ecosystems and human economies. Despite
global efforts to address this challenge, the documented number of alien species is rapidly …

Species traits are an essential currency in ecology, evolution, biogeography, and
conservation biology. However, trait databases are unavailable for most organisms …

Despite their ecological importance and diversity, spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) are
underrepresented in conservation policies in comparison to other groups. We review all …

Although the European fauna of spiders is relatively well studied, in the Balkans still have
places for which little or almost nothing is known, especially Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina …

The use of semi‐isolated habitats such as oceanic islands, lakes and mountain summits as
model systems has played a crucial role in the development of evolutionary and ecological …

The Republic of Kosovo is the territory with the least known spider fauna within the Balkans.
The present list of spiders is based on all published records available to the authors and …

This chapter deals with the diversity of terrestrial cave invertebrates from the viewpoint of its
contribution to global diversity and of the variety of morphological traits and life forms …

The goals of this study are 1) to present the results of a new faunistic survey carried out
during short, mainly spring vacation trips, through four years (2012–2014 and 2017) in …

Animals living in caves have attracted the interest of naturalists and biologists since the
beginning of modern science (Poulson & White, 1969; Vandel, 1964). Caves and other …

Biodiversity conservation is a central imperative of the 21st century. Subterranean
ecosystems deliver critical nature's contributions to people and harbour a broad diversity of …